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Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...

Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

Just today came across an article titled "Russian Flying Fortress - A powerful monster comes back to life! Unbelievably cool" which already gained many...

"The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise...

Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried...

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3 - Bronze mirror with iron handle; 4 - Wooden grinder; 5 - iron clasp; 6 - stones for sling; 7 - stone plate; 8 - iron knife with bone handle; 9 - iron handles; 10 - spike of an iron javelin; 11 - spike of an iron spear.

The name Rus is first directly attested to in the 'Life of St. George of Amastris' written by Ignatios the Deacon (d. after 845)....

Scholars date Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan to the first half of the 4th century B.C. The woman buried it it was given a very sumptious...

The title image of this post is a screenshot of the UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 11 November. The author of the article you...

The most prominent lexicographer of the Russian language Vladimir Dal was born in 1801 in what is now Lugansk oblast of Ukraine. His Danish father and...

Herodotus in his 'Histories' wrote: "But the women pour water into a mixture of cypress, cedar, and frankincense wood, which they have ground...

Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...

"From the 13th century, the territory was widely contested and fought over between Lithuania, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Russia. A Cossack...